Beyond a glance
critical discourse analysis of headlines about gender-based violence on “Folha de Boa Vista” and “The sun” online newspapers
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https://doi.org/10.29327/210932.10.2-14Keywords:
Manchetes. Análise Crítica do Discurso. Estudos de Gênero.Abstract
This paper analyzes Discourse within headlines about Gender-based violence retrieved from the online versions of “Folha de Boa Vista” (Roraima/Brazil) and “The Sun” (United Kingdom) newspapers as part of the investigation conducted by the author for the monograph. Considering that sexism and misogyny as well as damaging descriptions towards the victims are constantly, and in most of the cases, implicitly conveyed in headlines, this research is based on Fairclough’s and Wodak’s views of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) that provide theoretical tools such as “Intertextuality”, “Transitivity”, “Representation of Social Actors” and “Representation of time and space” to identify such hidden and harming messages and on Gender researcher’s perspectives, which are essential to identify harming discourses, hence violence towards women. Through the analyses, it was possible to see similarities and differences in the strategies adopted by each newspaper regarding to the choice of words, the use of passive voice, the authorship of the news and the choice of representing social actors, time and spaces. It is important to conclude that, in their particular linguistic choices, both newspapers convey blame to the victim and do not emphasize the perpetrators’ active agency.
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